CHIPLEY -- A 54-year-old Chipley man faces a mandatory life sentence after he was convicted Thursday of raping a child, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
Robert Eugene Rafuse was convicted of sexual battery on a person younger than 12 and lewd and lascivious molestation after a three-day trial. Prosecutor Shalla Jefcoat told jurors he raped and molested a young boy between September 2010 and March 2012.
Judge Christopher Patterson will sentence Rafuse Feb. 19.